The Bangalore traffic police recently announced that it has
successfully completed the deployment of the ‘Traffic Police
Enforcement Automation’ system by providing BlackBerry
smartphones to all the officers of the Bangalore traffic police.
The department has provided all 650 traffic police officers with
BlackBerry smartphones, making it the largest deployment of
BlackBerry smartphones for a police department in India.
The initiative brings together all aspects of operational traffic
policing in one unified system and is capable of pulling out data
on more than two million cases in less than two minutes. The
solution involves vigilance through video cameras, set up at
different traffic signals and equipping every Bangalore traffic
police officer with a BlackBerry smartphone and Bluetooth printer,
which gives them access to the history of the driver and the
vehicle and allows the officer to issue challans on the spot with
the click of a button. This secure login based application assists
in determining if the offender has a pending fine against his
vehicle. The solution also allows officials to monitor their staff
and generate periodical reports on performance
“The BlackBerry solution from Airtel is a powerful tool,
which not only enhances the visibility of a robust and a
streamlined Traffic Enforcement System but also gives us an
effective way to control traffic offences,” said Praveen
Sood, Additional CP, Bangalore Traffic Police.
As part of its efforts to develop applications for government
initiatives, Bharti Airtel is also working with various state
governments to offer mobile based services for municipal
corporations, NREGA and healthcare centers. An Airtel application
has enabled property tax collection to go online, bringing down the
queues in front of payment counters as well as enhancing revenue
collection.
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